dc galias of sorsogon, philippines asks...

Kicks From The Penalty mark 2/19/2018

Ahmad of San Francisco , California USA asks...

Hello, We played a game that was tied 2-2 A penalty shootout took place. The opposing team took their 5 shots and scored 3 goals. Our team took 4 shots and scored 3 goals. The ref missed the fact that our team had to take the 5th shot and dec...

KHAYA SANI of Upington, Northern Cape South Africa asks...

Kicks From The Penalty mark 10/24/2017

Phil Mcintyre of Llanelli , Carmarthen UK asks...

In a penalty shootout a kick is taken hits the crossbar rebounds to the penalty mark then spins back to the goal and into the net. The referee gives a goal. Surely the referee was wrong as soon as the ball hits the crossbar that penalty was misse...

Kicks From The Penalty mark 10/2/2017

Osmaj of Thimphu, Thimphu Bhutan asks...

In a penalty shootout, winner is declared after 4 players kicking and one player registered is a player who left field of play, My question is what will be the decision of the declared winner if we come to know about the player later...

Kicks From The Penalty mark 4/6/2017

Radomir Senic of Brisbane, Queensland Australia asks...

For the penalty kicks to decide a winner new Law says that ref has to toss coin to decide the goal at which the kicks will be taken.What about who takes first and second penalty kick?Does the ref tosses a coin again or is it decided alternate?Thanks...

Kicks From The Penalty mark 3/12/2017

Derek Wynne of Galway, Galway Ireland asks...

Penalty Kick:

A game drawn 1:1 after extra time goes to penalties. After 5 penalties each the score is Team A 4:3 Team B, so Team A should be the winning team. However the referee has miscounted and believes that the score is 4:4. He continu...

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